sreabh

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

sreabh f (genitive singular sreibhe, nominative plural sreabha)

1. stream
2. current, flow
3. trickle; drip, drop
4. stretch, spell

Declension

Declension of sreabh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sreabh sreabha Vocative a shreabh a shreabha Genitive sreibhe sreabh Dative sreabh sreibh (archaic, dialectal) sreabha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsreabh na sreabha Genitive na sreibhe na sreabh Dative leis an tsreabh leis an tsreibh (archaic, dialectal) don tsreabh don tsreibh (archaic, dialectal) leis na sreabha

Derived terms

• sreabhán
• sreabhchlár
• sreabhlíne

 

Verb

sreabh (present analytic sreabhann, future analytic sreabhfaidh, verbal noun sreabhadh, past participle sreafa)

1. (intransitive) stream, flow

   Synonym: snigh

Conjugation

conjugation of sreabh (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	sreabhaim	sreabhann tú; sreabhair†	sreabhann sé, sí	sreabhaimid	sreabhann sibh	sreabhann siad; sreabhaid†	a shreabhann; a shreabhas / a sreabhann*; a sreabhas*	sreabhtar
	past	shreabh mé; shreabhas	shreabh tú; shreabhais	shreabh sé, sí	shreabhamar; shreabh muid	shreabh sibh; shreabhabhair	shreabh siad; shreabhadar	a shreabh / ar shreabh*	sreabhadh
	past habitual	shreabhainn / sreabhainn‡‡	shreabhtá / sreabhtᇇ	shreabhadh sé, sí / sreabhadh sé, s퇇	shreabhaimis; shreabhadh muid / sreabhaimis‡‡; sreabhadh muid‡‡	shreabhadh sibh / sreabhadh sibh‡‡	shreabhaidís; shreabhadh siad / sreabhaidís‡‡; sreabhadh siad‡‡	a shreabhadh / a sreabhadh*	shreabhtaí / sreabhta퇇
future		sreabhfaidh mé; sreabhfad	sreabhfaidh tú; sreabhfair†	sreabhfaidh sé, sí	sreabhfaimid; sreabhfaidh muid	sreabhfaidh sibh	sreabhfaidh siad; sreabhfaid†	a shreabhfaidh; a shreabhfas / a sreabhfaidh*; a sreabhfas*	sreabhfar
conditional		shreabhfainn / sreabhfainn‡‡	shreabhfá / sreabhfᇇ	shreabhfadh sé, sí / sreabhfadh sé, s퇇	shreabhfaimis; shreabhfadh muid / sreabhfaimis‡‡; sreabhfadh muid‡‡	shreabhfadh sibh / sreabhfadh sibh‡‡	shreabhfaidís; shreabhfadh siad / sreabhfaidís‡‡; sreabhfadh siad‡‡	a shreabhfadh / a sreabhfadh*	shreabhfaí / sreabhfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go sreabha mé; go sreabhad†	go sreabha tú; go sreabhair†	go sreabha sé, sí	go sreabhaimid; go sreabha muid	go sreabha sibh	go sreabha siad; go sreabhaid†	—	go sreabhtar
	past	dá sreabhainn	dá sreabhtá	dá sreabhadh sé, sí	dá sreabhaimis; dá sreabhadh muid	dá sreabhadh sibh	dá sreabhaidís; dá sreabhadh siad	—	dá sreabhtaí
imperative		sreabhaim	sreabh	sreabhadh sé, sí	sreabhaimis	sreabhaigí; sreabhaidh†	sreabhaidís	—	sreabhtar
verbal noun		sreabhadh
past participle		sreafa

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• sreabhach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sreabh	shreabh after an, tsreabh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “sreabh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024